Vaccination NewsLetter: Top Stories - December 2 - 8, 2002

Smallpox/smallpox vaccine

Local health plans must be ready this week

Health care workers take vaccination risks in stride

Doctors against testing smallpox vaccine on children - comments given to the FDA   

Vaccination for 1 million in US

Public may force smallpox U-turn

Start vaccinating now

Most in US Support Mass Smallpox Vaccination: Poll

Smallpox Vaccine Reactions Jolt Experts 

Large-scale, mandatory vaccinations unlikely under bioterror plan

People Who Should NOT Get the Smallpox Vaccine (Unless they are Exposed to the Smallpox Virus)

Smallpox vaccination sickens 30% of UI volunteers

Drug/Vaccine Manufacturers re: Homeland Security Bill

Suits Over Mercury-Containing Vaccines May Be Down for the Count - Congress shields the maker of thimerosal

Finding The Answer To Washington's Hottest Whodunit

Autism Claims Seen as Threat to US Vaccine Compensation Program

(More Homeland Security related articles posted starting on 12/7/02)  http://www.vaccinationnews.com/HomelandSecurity.htm

Autism

The Autism Epidemic and Its Possible Connection To Vaccines  (Speech by Congressman Burton after the Homeland Security Bill vote explaining why "The Special Provisions in the Homeland Security Act Was a Travesty of Justice")

Autism/mercury

Mercury concentrations and metabolism in infants receiving vaccines containing thiomersal: a descriptive study

Study Suggests Mercury in Vaccine Was Not Harmful  (Note: Among the many criticisms of this study is its small size and the fact that it is the amount that has lodged in the brain, not what remains in the bloodstream, particularly this long after exposure, that matters.)

Safe Minds Assessment of the Pichichero Thimerosal Study December 3, 2002

Pichichero conflicts of interest (Look for yellow highlighting.)

Study showing mercury in vaccine not harmful to infants draws mixed reactions

Burton Seeks Openness In Federal Vaccine Autism Proceedings / Burton Reviews Federal Government Track Record On Vaccines and Autism

Autism/MMR

MMR

Prevalence of Anti-Gelatin IgE Antibodies in People With Anaphylaxis After Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine in the United States

Rubella Vaccine Okay 1 Month Before Pregnancy  (For another view, go to http://www.vaccinationnews.com/Scandals/July_17_02/Scandal25.htm )

Anthrax/anthrax vaccine/Gulf War Syndrome

Whooping cough/DPT vaccine

Polio/polio vaccine

Polio Alert After Kids Given Old Vaccine

New Date Set for Polio Eradication  (For another perspective go to: http://www.vaccinationnews.com/dailynews/october2002/polioeradication27.htm )

Flu/flu vaccine

Flu vaccine encouraged for kids 6-23 months

Drugs Approved by the FDA - Fluzone Preservative-free

Hepatitis B/hepatitis B vaccine

Alzheimer's disease/vaccine

Pet vaccines

Other vaccines

Meningitis vaccine might not halt disease

Mimi Murphy's Medical Breakthroughs: Rotavirus Vaccine

Vaccines in general

To Vaccinate Or Not

Adverse reactions

Immunization Of The Immunocompromised Host (I have not read this, but wanted to at least point it out to those who might be interested and have the time.)

Ethics

Legal

Bioterrorism and Public Health Law

Physicians legally obliged to discuss vaccines, insurer says

Pharmaceutical Industry

Vaccines Are Getting a Booster Shot

US Plans Fund for Vaccine Trials, Manufacturing

Conflict of Interest

Parental/health rights

Protect the Children (Letters are currently being added to the site with at least one there already. See below.)

Letters From Parents

Letter from Ray Gallup to the New York Times re: Dr. Miller letter "Protect the Children"

Letter from Rita Shreffler to the Wall Street Journal Editorial "The Truth About Thimerosal"

Miscellaneous

Aetna Safe Vaccine Storage Project Focuses on Improving Patient Safety at 5,300 Physicians' Offices Nationwide  (Who knew?  Funny how they often admit to a problem after they have allegedly fixed it, but rarely before.)

Science Panelists Are Picked For Ideology, Not Expertise - WSJ subscribers only